Manifolding sales-book.



W- GREIG.

MANIFOLDING SALES BOOK.

APPLICATION FILED Nov. 2. ml.

1 1 1 U Patented Nov. 23, 1915.

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WALTER GREIG, F NIAGARA FALLS, NEW Y0 ASSIGNOR TO AMERICAN SALES BOOK COMPANY, LIMITED, OF TORONTO, ONTARIO, GANADA, A CORPORATION OF ONTARIO,

CANADA.

MANIFOLDING SALES-BOOK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

' Application filed November 2, 1911. Serial'No. 658,079.

- will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to sales books, and with regard to certain more specific features thereof to manifolding sales books of the triplicate type.

One of the objects thereof is to provide a sales book capable of rapid and convenient.

manipulation.

Another object is to produce adevice of the above character which will be inexpensive to manufacture and in which a plurality of records are positively and efficiently made.

Another object is to provide a device of the above character in which clearly legible triplicate records -may be positively made and conveniently disposed of.

A further object is to provide a device of the above character which will be compact, durable and self-contained.

Other objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

The invention accordingly consists in the features of construction, combinations of elements and arrangement of parts which will be exemplified in the construction hereinafter set forth, and the scope of the application of which will be indicated in the following claims.

The accompanying drawing, wherein is shown one of various possible modifications, represents a perspective view of a sales book in operative position.

Referring to the drawing in detail, 1 represents a back, having a cover 2 connected with said back by a flexible hinge 3. A support 4 is similarly connected to the opposite side of the back 1 by a flexible hinge 5. 'One of the side edges of the support 1 is provided with a pocket 6 adapted to receive a cardboard mounting 7 of a pad in a well known manner. This pad comprises a plurality of sets of original and duplicate leaves 8 and 9, respectively, arranged in continuous fold or zigzag form. These leaves are bound together along one side by a stapled blnding 10 and are detachable from the pad and from each other by suitable perforations constituting weakening lines 11.

A pad of trip icate leaves bound together at 12 is provided with a back 13 adapted to slip 1nto a pocket 14: near an end edge of the back 1. The term triplicate is here used to distlnguish the leaves of this pad from the previously mentioned original and duplicate leaves 8 and 9 of the first pad, and does not necessarily imply that the third record is made thereon. The back of each leaf of the trlplicate pad is carbonized, as clearly indicated, while the front side is plain, as shown by the turned back leaf. A carbon sheet 15 is bound or connected with the pad of original leaves and is adapted to be laid over one of the leaves 16 of the triplicate pad which is interposed between the original and duplicate sheets. In this manner it will be seen that an impression made upon the original sheet 8 will be transferred directly and positively from the carbon sheet 15 to the plain side of the triplicate leaf 16, thence through the carbonized back to make the third impression positively upon the duplicate leaf 9.

The operation and manner of using a sales book of this character is substantially as follows :When not in use the leaves of the triplicate pad are folded over other leaves and the cover incloses both pads. In use, however, the cover and triplicate leaves are turned back, as shown, the bottom unused leaf being interposed betweenthe original and duplicate leaves and beneath the carbon sheet 8, whereby the record is positively made in triplicate, as above explained. The term positively is here used to distinguish from the negative manner of making the triplicate copy upon the reverse side'of a transparent sh'eetof paper so that it is necessary in reading from the copy to hold the same to the light and read through the paper. After completing a record of the transaction, the original leaf 1 8 is turned down along the bottom line and the carbon sheet 15 and triplicate leaf 16 turned back. The duplicate leaf and next original are then separated along the side lines and separated at the top of the next original leaf. The triplicate leaf is then placed beneath the pad of original or duplicate leaves, preferably between the backing 1 and support 4:, as indicated by the filed sheets 17. The next triplicate leaf is Patented Nov. 23, 11915.

- carbon sheet 15 with the original leaf 8 placed thereover, as indicated. The, book is then ready for the next transaction.

It is thus seen that this invention pro vides a simple and practical sales book for positively making triplicate copies of any transactlon in a convenient and rapid man-- ner, andaccomplishes among others all of the objects and advantages above set forth.

ad of zigzag sets-of original and duplicate eaves, a coac'ting' ad having a set of tripli- As many changes could be made in the above construction and many apparently widely difierent embodiments of that invention could be made without departing from the scope thereof, it is intended that all matter contained in the above description or shown in the accompanying drawing shall be interpreted as illustrative and not in a limiting sense.

Having described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent is:

parts and bound together along their side.

edges, a set of triplicate leaves mounted upon the other part, a carbon sheet connected with one of said sets of leavesfor producing one copy,- the backs of the leaves, of

- one of the sets being carbonized to produce a second copy.

2. A manifolding salesbook comprlslng,

in combination, a holder having two parts flexibly connected, a pad of original and duplicate leaves arranged in zigzag form and bound together on their side edges nienaoe mounted upon one part and a triplicate pad coacting with the first-mentioned pad mounted-upon the other part, a carbon sheet boundwith one pad, manifolding material applied 1 to the backs of the leaves of the other pad, the last-mentioned leaves adapted tobeplaced' beneath the carbon sheet and between the original and duplicate leaves to record thetransaction in triplicate. 3'. A manifolding salesbook comprising a cate leaves, a car on sheet connected with one pad, the backs of the leaves of one of said sets being carbonized, whereby a triplicate leafmay-be interposed with said carbon' sheet between the original and duplicate leaves for making a record in triplicate. 4. A manifolding salesbook comprising a back and a support connected therewith, a pad of detachable original and duplicate leaves mounted upon said support, a pad of triplicate leaves mounted upon sald back, a carbon sheet connected with the'first pad, the backs of the leaves of the triplicate pad being carbonized and the parts being so positioned and arranged as to permit of a leaf of said triplicate pad being laid beneath said carbon sheet between the original and duplicate leaves; whereby a positive record may be made in triplicate.

In testimony whereof I aflix my signature, in the presence of two witnesses.

WALTER GREIG.

Witnesses:

WM. A. PRINGLE, P. V. KELLEn. 

